Free Front-End Development Books for Designers

Front-End Development books to help you develop creative and design skills. What would you like to read?

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CSS Animation 101

Donovan

This book gives you a solid intruction to the topic, combining theory with practical lessons

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HTML5 & CSS3 for the Real World: 2nd Edition

Alexis Goldstein , Louis Lazaris , Estelle Weyl

You’ll master the semantic markup available in HTML5, and discover how to use CSS3 to create amazing-looking websites

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CSS Optimization Basics

Jens Oliver Meiert

CSS Optimization Basics covers the necessary mindsets, discusses the main optimization methods, and presents useful resources to write higher quality CSS.

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Understanding Flexbox

Ohans Emmanuel

It’s time to embrace a cleaner modern syntax for crafting intelligent layouts. Welcome the CSS Flexbox model.

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Web Visual Effects With CSS3

Thomas Mak

This is a book with examples and solutions to create practical visual effects on web by using CSS3

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Pro Git

Scott Chacon and Ben Straub

You’ll learn how to master the world of distributed version workflow, use the distributed features of Git to the full, and extend Git to meet your every need

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HTML5 For Web Designers

Jeremy Keith

Get up to speed with all that’s changing in the evolving spec

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TypeScript Deep Dive

Basarat

The definitive guide to TypeScript and possibly the best TypeScript book. Free and Open Source

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How to Code in HTML5 and CSS3

Damian Wielgosik

You will get to know basic concepts and techniques of web development and be able to build your first website ever

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Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS

Jonathan Snook

Learn how to structure your CSS to allow for flexibility and maintainability as your project and your team grows

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The CSS Animations Pocket Guide

Val Head

CSS animations open up a whole new way to look at and use CSS to bring motion to the web in creative ways

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Front End Handbook 2018

Cody Lindley

This is a guide that anyone could use to learn about the practice of front-end development.

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Learn to Code HTML and CSS

Shay Howe

Teach people how to build beautiful and intuitive websites by way of clear and organized lessons

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HTML Canvas Deep Dive

Josh Marinacci

A complete overview of Canvas and dives deep into a few key areas to give you an understanding of how Canvas works and where to learn more

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JS the Right Way

William Oliveira

Introduce new developers to JavaScript and help experienced developers learn more about its best practices.

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Pocket Guide to Writing SVG

Joni Trythall

A quick but thorough pocket sized reference to get started writing Scalable Vector Graphics

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The Magic of Css

Adam Schwartz

A CSS course to turn you into a magician

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You Don't Know JS (book series)

Kyle Simpson

This is a series of books diving deep into the core mechanisms of the JavaScript language

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